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Advertisement In late November 2021, internet connections in Tajikistan’s eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) were severed following the killing of a local man, Gulbiddin Ziyobekov, by security forces and subsequent protests. The authorities promised to …

Advertisement On May 12 and 13, President Biden will host the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington DC for the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. In announcing the Summit in April, the …

Advertisement The wave of layoffs in Chinese internet companies is intensifying, with JD.com becoming the center of attention. According to a document that has been circulating online, JD.com’s layoffs cover a wide range of business …

Cuban envoy justifies mass arrests, internet limits; waffles on Ukraine  The Washington Diplomat ================ Source link

Advertisement As the Winter Olympics kicked off in Beijing, the Chinese and Russian presidents, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, stood in unity to offer mutual support and to challenge the dominance of the U.S. and …

Advertisement The Cambodian government has postponed the introduction of a controversial National Internet Gateway (NIG) that would grant the government a choke hold over the country’s internet traffic. The gateway – a sort of “kill …

Advertisement The increasingly adversarial nature of the China-U.S. relationship is rapidly bringing forth the potential for a “splinternet” – a grim bifurcation of the cyber world. The meritocratic processes of tech standard creation, as well …

Advertisement On January 5, the Kazakh government shut down the internet an attempt to control mass protests. Since then, the government has granted only sporadic access to most regions while continuing to cut off the …

On January 27, Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the United States, spoke with National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep. Qin discussed issues ranging from the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to a potential military conflict between …